RED DEAD ONLINE: SPORT OF KINGS

[Jason 21,445]

Battle on horseback to secure the burning torch and ride through all your team's signal fires to score in Sport of Kings. The newest Red Dead Online Showdown Mode is a true test of horsemanship for two teams and four to eight players, with Sawed-off Shotguns for close combat and rare single-shot Dynamite Bow pickups on either side of the torch to help even the odds.

 

 

This week, the Wheeler, Rawson and Co. Catalogue receives a trio of new clothing items. Protect your head, neck and shoulders from the blazing sun while looking extraordinary in the Strung Sombrero. The Gibbston Pants, featuring hand-cut leather paneling and cross-stitched sides - perfect for town or trail. And the all-black variant of the Chuparosa Poncho, handwoven south of the border and shipped to the Wheeler, Rawson and Co. warehouse. Throw it over the shoulder for a debonair look.

 

And for the next two weeks all players who are at least Rank 10 will receive a care package featuring Bait and special Arrows like the Poison Arrow, a powerful weapon in taking down large game that is normally crafted using arrows, feathers and Oleander after the acquisition of a Poison Arrow Pamphlet.

 

Players who are at least Rank 20 will get an additional package that includes Provisions and Big Game Meats like the Minty Big Game Meat that is normally cooked after acquiring Mint and Big Game Meat and gives you a Gold Health Core. 

 

To help you hit those Rank bonus thresholds, take advantage of a 30% XP Boost on all activities this week.

 

Rank 10 Bonus Care Package 

 

• 20x Small Game Arrows
• 20x Fire Arrows 
• 20x Poison Arrows 
• 5x Predator Bait 
• 5x Herbivore Bait

 

Rank 20 Bonus Care Package

 

• 3x Minty Big Game Meat
• 3x Oregano Big Game Meat
• 3x Thyme Big Game Meat
• 10x Baked Beans 
• 10x Corned Beef
• 10x Canned Salmon 
• 5x Jolly Jack's
• 5x Cocaine Gum
• 5x Moonshine 
• 5x Gin 
• 5x Guarma Rum 
• 5x Fine Brandy

 

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/60991/Red-Dead-Online-Sport-of-Kings

[Lonely-Martin 24,441]

Cool, free sh*t. Thanks @Jason. I'm sure @ALifeOfMisery is glad a good thread popped up for this. 

[deadx23 7,978]

Awwwwwww do I have to reach level 20, I think I'm still level 16 

[Leftover Pizza 4,118]

All black poncho is a step in the right direction. Now they just have to make it not look like we're wearing quarterback shoulder pads and I'll buy one.

[ALifeOfMisery 35,699]

5 minutes ago, Lonely-Martin said:

Cool, free sh*t. Thanks @Jason. I'm sure @ALifeOfMisery is glad a good thread popped up for this. 

I certainly am.

[1898 1,945]

Glad to hear there's a showdown that features horses👍

[Jason 21,445]

8 minutes ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

I certainly am.

Thought something horrible happened to you or something, I figured the Newswire post wasn't live yet but it was up like an hour or two ago. 

[Winonas 457]

All kinds of supplies and lots of them, awesome. Should be a decent week. Cheers ~

[ALifeOfMisery 35,699]

30 minutes ago, Jason said:

Thought something horrible happened to you or something, I figured the Newswire post wasn't live yet but it was up like an hour or two ago. 

I posted a long and boring post over in the GTAO section on Thursday, I'll spare you the details, but long story short, between having a baby on the way in around 4 weeks, my wife having a rough time in late pregnancy and Brexit making work an all consuming nightmare I just won't have the guaranteed time in my afternoons that I have had over the past year or so to get the threads up as promptly as you guys deserve.

[4eyedcoupe 1,402]

@ALifeOfMisery  Thanks for all you do anyway, you are a very helpful poster IMO

[ALifeOfMisery 35,699]

Just now, 4eyedcoupe said:

@ALifeOfMisery  Thanks for all you do anyway, you are a very helpful poster IMO

Thanks dude. I do try to leave my miserable ars*hole tendancies in real life, we're all here through a common interest, even when we disagree.

[teejay777 37]

thanks for posting this.

[alex1055 1,874]

33 minutes ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

... and Brexit making work an all consuming nightmare ...

Wasn't aware Theresa May was a regular poster on these forums

[IamCourtney 6,867]

Hell yeah, Big Meat & Baked Beans are the cornerstones of my diet for keeping Bernadette plump and bullet resistant.

[Leftover Pizza 4,118]

56 minutes ago, alex1055 said:

Wasn't aware Theresa May was a regular poster on these forums

She's got time to spare now, so who knows 😛 

[alex1055 1,874]

Kerching, just been gifted three treasure maps from Rockstar 💲💲💲

Edited June 11 by alex1055

[CarlyRaeJepsen 111]

When can we edit our existing characters in the character creator without starting over a new character ? 

[Gleeman Vox 1,021]

44 minutes ago, alex1055 said:

Kerching, just been gifted three treasure maps from Rockstar 💲💲💲

wait what, why?

[alex1055 1,874]

23 minutes ago, Gleeman Vox said:

wait what, why?

Think they’re part of the exclusive content for PlayStation users. Pretty crappy for those on Xbox imo

Edited June 11 by alex1055

[XxJazzy42xX 1,764]

2 minutes ago, alex1055 said:

Think they’re part of the exclusive content for PlayStation users. Pretty crappy for those on Xbox imo

Really? I'm on the PS4, but can't confirm now, because I'm at work. Can any Playstation users confirm this?

[1898 1,945]

14 minutes ago, alex1055 said:

Think they’re part of the exclusive content for PlayStation users. Pretty crappy for those on Xbox imo

I'm a PS4 user and I agree. Why alienate half of your customers..

[XxJazzy42xX 1,764]

5 minutes ago, 1898 said:

I'm a PS4 user and I agree. Why alienate half of your customers..

Has R* even explained why they keep doing these exclusive access updates? Seems strange and of poor taste to me. 

[DarkFlame588 2,644]

It's already easy enough to level up without all this bonus xp they keep throwing at us.

[ShadowlessDevil 1,581]

57 minutes ago, XxJazzy42xX said:

Has R* even explained why they keep doing these exclusive access updates? Seems strange and of poor taste to me. 

It's all about money! 

 

Same can be said when games are released on Xbox One only.  it all comes down to $$$

[Van_Hellsing 1,649]

I got three treasure maps from Rockstar as well. Too bad I get booted after a minute. 

[ALifeOfMisery 35,699]

Got my 3 maps, collected them and I'll be going on a treasure hunt tomorrow.

[Lonely-Martin 24,441]

Nice to see the maps rolling out, grab them up in the week.  

 

I wonder if the 3 are all the same locations, and weather they are locations used for the other maps we get from rank and looting etc?

[Rokushakubo 753]

2 hours ago, alex1055 said:

Think they’re part of the exclusive content for PlayStation users. Pretty crappy for those on Xbox imo

It is, but it really equates to about $300 and 3.5gb. Given the current gold economy, maps are barely worth the time imo.

[Commander S 24,185]

4 hours ago, Leftover Pizza said:

She's got time to spare now, so who knows 😛 

"Well, sh*t - on the bright side, as soon as I've moved all my stuff out of Number 10, I'll have more time to grind out those rank unlocks..."

 

Just hit Rank 20 myself last night, although I wish I could sell all that cooked meat - only ever ate cooked game once, and I had to spend hours running it all off afterwards...

 

Can anyone confirm this, btw: I've heard that the bonus gold for ranking up (1 bar per rank) has now ended. Is that true, or is it still going?

[-LN- 13,507]

Rockstar certainly has a way with words: "And for the next two weeks all players who are at least Rank 10 will receive a care package featuring...", "To help you hit those Rank bonus thresholds, take advantage of a 30% XP Boost on all activities this week."

 

So, this means that players have two weeks to reach level 10 or 20 and that we will receive the care package(s) at of the end of the two week time frame or am I missing something here? Sorry, I just woke up not long ago. 😴😜

 

43 minutes ago, Lonely-Martin said:

Nice to see the maps rolling out, grab them up in the week.  

 

I wonder if the 3 are all the same locations, and weather they are locations used for the other maps we get from rank and looting etc?

I just turned my system on to have a look. I got three different locations; I could be wrong, but I don't recall ever seeing these locations for maps that I've acquired from levelling up.

 

 

Kamassa River and Bluewater Marsh were both in my satchel from levelling up, so the gifted ones from today are Hawks Eye Creek, Little Creek, and Hennigan's Stead [North].

 

I don't care anything at all about the Showdown mode and all of the clothing seems to be exclusively for males, but the bonuses are nice; no complaints there!